Razor.



G. F. CONNORS.

RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1917.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

WIT/VESSES Wm y RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. ia, reis.

Application tiled April 20, 1917. Serial No. 163,373.

To aZZ whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. CONNons, a citizen of the4 United States, and a resldent of Leadville, in the county of Lake and State of Colorado, have made certaln new and useful Improvements in Razors, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention is an improvement 1 11 razors and has for its object to provide a razor wherein interchangeable blades may be used without departing from the construction of the non-safety type of razor.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a side parts broken away, blade.

Fig. 2 is a partial side view showing another type of blade.

Figs. 3 and 4 are sections on the llnes 3-3 and 44 respectively, of Fi 1, and

Figs. 5 and 6 are side views o other embodiments of blades.

In the present embodiment of the invention, a holder is provided of the non-safety type, the said holder comprising a handle portion 1, said holder to be descrlbed later, which is pivoted to the handle as at 2, 1n a manner to permit the edge of the blade to be swung into the handle or into the position of Fig. 1, as when used in shaving.

The holder comprises a substantially U shaped portion consisting of a b ody 3 and side walls 4, and a shank 5, whlch is pivoted to the handle. The holder is formed by bending sheet metal into proper shape, the strip of sheet metal being doubled upon itself to form the holder. holder is beaded or cylindrical, as shown in Fig. 3, the side walls lying close to each other when the razor is not in place, and at the shank the sides are U-shaped, as shown in Fig. 4.

The removable and reversible blades 6, 8 and 9, are alike in one respect, each having a beaded back portion 10, .the bead being preferably formed hollow by bending back the upper edge against the body portion, and adapted to be received in the bead 3 of the holder and held thereby at its upper and lower portions, to prevent downward movement of the blade with respect to the holder. rll`he blades are of such length with respect to the holder that the beads will extend practically the whole length of the view of the razor with showing one type of The body of the body 3 of the holder, and the side walls 4 of the holder are of a width to extend near the edge of the razor but to leave enough of the edge exposed to permit shaving, stroppin and honing.

TeV improved razor is used in the same manner as the old-fashioned or non-safety type, and when a blade becomes dull, it may be stropped or honed in the same manner as the old-fashioned razor. When the blade becomes too dull for use, it may be removed and replaced by a new blade, the cut out portion 16 at the toe or front end facilitating these operations and preventing injury to the fingers by the sharp edge of the blade. The blade 6, shown in Fig. 1, has its outer 4corner rounded as indicated at 11, while The blade theyinner` corner 12 is angular. shown in Fig. 2 is the blade shown in Fig. 1 reversed, that is turned end for end, the rounded corner 11 being inward, while the angular corner 12 is outward.

If desired, both corners of the cutting edge of the blade may be rounded as shown at 13 for the razor 8in Fig. 5, or both corners may be angular, as shown at 14 for the razor 9 in Fig. 6. The improved blades are thin like those used in the safety razor, but they are supported by the gripping action of the bead 3 and the width of the side walls of the holder in the same manner as the non-safety type blades. It will be noticed that the blade is limited in its 'inward movement in the holder by inwardly bent portions 15 at the junction of the shank with the holder.

I claim:

A razor of the character specified comprising a blade carrying member and a tang member made from an integral sheet of re- 'silient material bent back upon itself to form spaced apart side walls, the tang portion being of less width than the blade carrying member, said blade holding portion expanded at its bend into a cylindrical bead, said bead merging longitudinally into the tang and having its side walls crimped inwardly in alinement with the merging point and of relatively great width, and a removable and reversible blade consisting of a web having one edge sharpened and its opposite edge rolled back upon itself into a tubular bead, said bead being centered and held within the cylindrical bead of the blade holder land contacted thereby at three ends of the side walls having curved scalpoints; the heel end of the blade abutting lops to permit the fingers to insert the blade the crimps of the side Walls and the'point in the holder and remove same therefrom. 10

of merger of ther blade holding bead and GEORGE F. CONNORS. 5 tang, and the side Walls of the blade holder Witnesses:

embracing the blade over a greater portion W. Y. UBLooK,

of its Widthl from toe to heel, and the toe HUGH MCCA'UGHEY. 

